the right bridge pickup for garage rock punk surf style

[mesallover]

Hi there

im just looking for the right humbucker for playing old and new garage rock/surf/punk (and rock' n ' roll) musi.

in general:

the trashman
fidlar
eagles of death metal
wavves
the beatles
bass drum of death
elvis
the kinks
sex bob omb
queens of the stone age
stray cats
rory gallagher
wolfmother
the sweet
the vapors
the turtles
the ventures
the beach boys
the ramones
plumtree
the challengers
the strokes
the fuzztones
Creedence Clearwater Revival
cheap Trick
dick dale
the surfairs
the who
fuzz
best coast
Jimi hendrix
the supremes
the stooges

so, some ideas from any guitar player who use the right bridge pu for that kind of music?

Grazie!

 

[Securb]

Re: the right bridge pickup for garage rock punk surf style

It would be nice to know what kind of guitar this is going in. Based on the bands you listed I wouldn't suggest a humbucker but a P-90. I am guessing you have humbucker routing in the guitar, so I think a Phat Cat would do the trick. Once again knowing what kind of guitar you play and what type of amp you are using would help a lot.

 

[jtougas]

Re: the right bridge pickup for garage rock punk surf style

*nods* Phat-Cat or P-Rail...

 

[Securb]

Re: the right bridge pickup for garage rock punk surf style

Yeah P-Rails would do the trick. P90 for the garage tones, rails for the Motown and surf stuff. I actually like the P90 tone of the P-Rails better than the Phat Cat.

 

[Aceman]

Re: the right bridge pickup for garage rock punk surf style

There is no pickup for all of that.

You need at least 3, including a hum bucker (or two) and a couple of different single coils.

A P-Rails, however, is 3 pickups….

 

[jtougas]

Re: the right bridge pickup for garage rock punk surf style

I'm hearing an ash body... strat scale... rosewood fingerboard, maybe...

 

[superpete]

Re: the right bridge pickup for garage rock punk surf style

that's a wide range of tones you're going for there. I'd recommend something like an HSS setup with a 59 in the bridge and maybe some ssl1 in the neck and middle. its a bit of a jack of all trades, master of none, but the ramones sound nothing like dick dale sounds nothing like hendrix sounds nothing like ccr...

 

[jon the art guy]

Re: the right bridge pickup for garage rock punk surf style

Gfs has some jangly pickups. I'm probably going to opt for a dream180 and a mean90 in my SG unless I find a set of SDs on here. They also have 'tron style pickups with lots of chime.

 

[MatelotFripon]

Re: the right bridge pickup for garage rock punk surf style

I'd say Hot P-90 in neck and something Gretsch-Tron-like in bridge

 

[PizzaMaker]

the right bridge pickup for garage rock punk surf style

P-Rail. My next build is going to be a "standard" design (as opposed to one-off) using P-Rails with triple shot rings in a Jaguar-ish style guitar for the surf-punk-blues-roots rockers that proliferate where I live.

 

[jtougas]

Re: the right bridge pickup for garage rock punk surf style

Jazzmaster.

 

[mesallover]

Re: the right bridge pickup for garage rock punk surf style

wow guys.
i got some important infos around the web about it:
P-rails is the best deal !! i like it so much and i think is a funny pickup eheheh, "3 pickups in one"...cool! i will get fun with it

p.s.
yes i was extremely general with my opening post, sorry

i just have(for now) an ibanez prestige rg2570ex (customized and with bridge pu only), 5150 peavey and Hope 4X12 italian custom made cabinets w/ eminence V12... that's not the best way to start play garage rock but, having a pickup like p-rails is the first step to go into garage music sounds i think.

thanks everybody!!

 

[jtougas]

Re: the right bridge pickup for garage rock punk surf style

Our pleasure. Welcome to the forum.

 

[soulforger]

Re: the right bridge pickup for garage rock punk surf style

A2P or Slash bridge, '59, or a Dean Leslie West Mountain of Tone...and eventually, one of these:

:dance:

...with a Bigsby perhaps!

 

[ItsaBass]

Re: the right bridge pickup for garage rock punk surf style

Based on your list, you are looking for what is primarily a single coil sound. IME, the Dimarzio EJ Custom would be by far the best bet. It sounds nice and bright, unlike most humbuckers, but with some tweaking, it also darkens up nicely to sound like a standard humbucker if you want it.

That said, the amp and its settings make more difference than the pickup...and you as a player have to be able to play in those styles to get those sounds. The pickups are really a relatively minor part of the equation.